Representative Richard Foster
District 38 - Democrat
State Capitol, Room 410
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
Phone: (907) 465-3789
Fax: (907) 465-3242
Interim:
PO Box 1630
Nome, AK 99762-1630
Phone: (907) 443-5036
Fax: (907) 443-2162 (at LIO)
Elected to the House 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996
Date/Place of Birth: 8/9/46; Nome, AK
Occupation: Air Taxi (retired)
Spouse: Cathy
Children: Neal, Jimmy, Myria, Justin, Tiffany,
Richard, Nathan,
Ramsey, Chandler
Residency in Alaska: Lifelong; Nome
Education: High School - Nome High School, 1964;
College - University of Alaska, 1968, B.B.A.
Military Service: U.S. Army, Captain, 3 years
service
Awards: Vietnam Service Medal (2 tours); Bronze
Star Medal
Political and Government Positions: State
Representative, 1989-present; Chair, Transporation, 1991-94;
Majority Whip; Member, Finance, 1993-94; Member, Bush Caucus,
1989-94
Business and Professional Positions: Board
Member, Sitnasuak Native Corporation; Bering Straits Native
Corporation; Former Board Member, Nome Eskimo Community (IRA
Council)
Service Organization(s) Membership: Former Board
Member, Nome Community Center; Norton Sound Health Corporation;
NW Community College; Rotary and Lions Clubs; Pioneer Igloo #1;
Federal Selective Service Board; Nome Planning and Zoning
Commission; Nome School Board; Nome City Council
Special Interests: Raising children, enjoying
the country
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Prime Sponsor of the following legislation
HB 173: An Act relating to the small operator surface coal mining assistance program under the Alaska Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act and to exploration incentive credits for locatable or leasable minerals or coal deposits.
Co Sponsor of the following legislation
HB
51: Passed
Legislature! Transmitted to the Governor An
Act relating to the Department of Environmental Conservation.
HB
86: An Act relating to the payments in lieu of
taxes program for cities in the unorganized borough; and
providing for an effective date.
HB
116: An Act relating to worker's compensation
self-insurance.
HB 171: An
Act relating to the stat environmental policy and changing the
name of the Department of Environmental Conservation to the
Department of Environmental Development.
HB 173: An
Act relating to the small operator surface coal mining assistance
program under the Alaska Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act and to exploration incentive credits for lacatable or
leasable minerals or coal deposits.
HB
192: An Act regulating chemical dependency
counselors; and providing for an effective date.
HB 230: Passed Legislature! Transmitted to the
Governor An Act relating to
housing assistance provided by the Alaska Housing Finance
Corporation and to its rural housing programs, to the
corporation's supplemental housing development grants to regional
housing authorities, and to housing programs of regional housing
authorities; permitting regional housing authorities to make,
originate, and service loans for the purchase and development of
residential housing; and amending definitions relating to various
housing programs; and providing for an effective date.
HB
238: An Act amending the program of exploration
incentive credits for activities involving locatable or leaseable
minerals or coal deposits on certain land in the state; and
providing for an effective date.
HB
334: Passed! Chapter
38 SLA 98 An Act relating to wavier of
tuition and fees for certain family members of a police officer
killed in the line of duty; and providing for an effective date.
HB
338: An Act relating to the repeal of provisions
of the Administrative Procedure Act, prohibiting the adoption of
regulations by an agency of the executive branch of state
government, annulling all regulations adopted by an agency of the
executive branch, and relating to additional legislation to carry
out the purposes of this Act; and providing for an effective
date.
HB
356: Passed! Chapter
31 SLA 98 An Act establishing the Joint
Committee on Military Bases in Alaska; and providing for an
effective date.
HB
385: An Act requiring the division of
information services in the Department of Administration to
prepare a request for proposals concerning access for Alaska
students to computers and the Internet.
HB 412: An
Act providing for the transfer of certain land to the City of
Whittier; and providing for an effective date.
HCR 8: Passed! Legislative Resolve 14 Creating the Deferred Maintenance Task Force.
HJR
2: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Alaska relating to repeal of regulations by the
legislature. (Jointly sponsored with James.)
HJR
20: Relating to the RS 2477 rights-of-way.
HJR
27: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 37 Requesting the Federal
Aviation Administration to grant exemptions from the
"commuter rule" in order to maintain a high level of
air safety and air transportation service in rural Alaska.
HJR
51: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 61 Relating to support
for H.R.
2924, which allows certain Alaska Native Vietnam
veterans and the Elim Native Corporation to select land under the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
HJR
53: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 65 Relating to support
for federal legislation providing for the continuation of the
University of Alaska by the conveyance of federal land to the
university.
HJR
62: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 75 Relating to bringing
Balto back to Alaska.
SB
159: Passed! Chapter 8
SLA 98 An Act relating to the new business
incentive program.
SB
261: Passed! Chapter
16 SLA 98 An Act relating to the Special
Olympics World Winter Games to be held in Anchorage in the year
2001; establishing a reserve fund for the games; providing
certain duties and authority for the Alaska Industrial
Development and Export Authority regarding financing for those
games; and providing for an effective date.
SJR
22: Passed!
Legislative Resolve 15 Inviting the United
States Department of Defense to select Alaska as the site to base
and train military troops.
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